| desolate | | |
| v. (cognition) | 1. abandon, desert, desolate, forsake | leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch.; "The mother deserted her children" |
| ~ leave | go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness.; "She left a mess when she moved out"; "His good luck finally left him"; "her husband left her after 20 years of marriage"; "she wept thinking she had been left behind" |
| ~ expose | abandon by leaving out in the open air.; "The infant was exposed by the teenage mother"; "After Christmas, many pets get abandoned" |
| ~ walk out | leave suddenly, often as an expression of disapproval.; "She walked out on her husband and children" |
| ~ ditch | forsake.; "ditch a lover" |
| ~ maroon, strand | leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue.; "the travellers were marooned" |
| v. (change) | 2. depopulate, desolate | reduce in population.; "The epidemic depopulated the countryside" |
| ~ shrink, reduce | reduce in size; reduce physically.; "Hot water will shrink the sweater"; "Can you shrink this image?" |
| v. (change) | 3. desolate, devastate, lay waste to, ravage, scourge, waste | cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly.; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion" |
| ~ ruin, destroy | destroy completely; damage irreparably.; "You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!"; "The tears ruined her make-up" |
| ~ ruin | reduce to ruins.; "The country lay ruined after the war" |
| adj. | 4. bare, barren, bleak, desolate, stark | providing no shelter or sustenance.; "bare rocky hills"; "barren lands"; "the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes"; "the desolate surface of the moon"; "a stark landscape" |
| ~ inhospitable | unfavorable to life or growth.; "the barren inhospitable desert"; "inhospitable mountain areas" |
| adj. | 5. desolate | crushed by grief.; "depressed and desolate of soul"; "a low desolate wail" |
| ~ disconsolate, inconsolable, unconsolable | sad beyond comforting; incapable of being consoled.; "inconsolable when her son died" |
| lonely | | |
| adj. | 1. alone, lone, lonely, solitary | lacking companions or companionship.; "he was alone when we met him"; "she is alone much of the time"; "the lone skier on the mountain"; "a lonely fisherman stood on a tuft of gravel"; "a lonely soul"; "a solitary traveler" |
| ~ unaccompanied | being without an escort. |
| adj. | 2. lonely, lonesome | marked by dejection from being alone.; "felt sad and lonely"; "the loneliest night of the week"; "lonesome when her husband is away"; "spent a lonesome hour in the bar" |
| ~ dejected | affected or marked by low spirits.; "is dejected but trying to look cheerful" |
| adj. | 3. lone, lonely, solitary | characterized by or preferring solitude.; "a lone wolf"; "a lonely existence"; "a man of a solitary disposition"; "a solitary walk" |
| ~ unsocial | not seeking or given to association; being or living without companions.; "the unsocial disposition to neglect one's neighbors" |
| adj. | 4. lonely, solitary, unfrequented | devoid of creatures.; "a lonely crossroads"; "a solitary retreat"; "a trail leading to an unfrequented lake" |
| ~ uninhabited | not having inhabitants; not lived in.; "an uninhabited island"; "gaping doors of uninhabited houses" |
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